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YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it
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this post was submitted on 16 Feb 2026
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So my adblocker now also removes youtube comments? That's more of a feature than a hurdle!
When adblox inevitably fixes this, you can block comments, and a bunch of other crap, on purpose with Unhooked
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-recommended-videos/
I love unhook so much. Using Youtube without recommended videos is a blessing. I only see what I wanna see, not a single thing the algorithm wants me to watch.
What ad blocker are you using?
uBlock Origin (I'm still seeing the comments, though).
Are you still seeing the ads?
No, ads are still blocked.
Splendid. Thank you!
I have that on Firefox but I still have to use Chrome for a few things that seem to glitch out on Firefox. I have AdGuard on Chrome. Right now it seems to be working on Youtube as well. I am still seeing comments.
I usually find the comments more useful than the video, sometimes more entertaining too.
Then you really should watch better videos.